William smith



(No Model.)

v WM. SMITH,4

' BOOT. No. 260,426.

V Patented Juli-18,82.

, UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

. WILLIAM SMITH, OF EATON RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

BOOT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 260,426, dated July 4, 1882.

` Application tiled December 7, 1881. (No model.)

' zen ot' the United States, residing at Eaton Rapids, in the county of Eaton and State ofl Michigan, have invented anew and useful Device for Covering a Metallic Boot-Strap, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in the strap by which boots are drawn on and the object of my improvement is to provide a convenient and suitable covering or incasing for a metallic boot-strap which will secure or -fasten the top of said boot-strap, and also provide an easy and agreeable strap for the finger. I attain this object inthe manner illustrated by the. accompanying drawings, in which- Fi gurelisafrontview ofthe boot-leg with the metallic boot-strap, which I designate by the letter B,attached at the bottom, and a portion called A7 has been cut out, which said portion forms thecovering and also a fastening for the top of the boot-strap B. Fig. 2 is a front view of the boot-leg in process ot covering ar"- ter the incision has been madein the boot-leg and the part-A of the boot-leg has been cut out for forming the covering and drawn out over the metallic strap B. Fig. 3 is a front view of the covering completed after the part A of the boot-leg forming the covering, as shown in Fig 2, has been placedv back over the Inetallicstrap B through the aperture and sewed or fastened .to its place.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

First, I attach the bottom of the metallic strap B to the boot-leg by means of a hollow rivet, or any desirable method. Then by means of a halfcircular punch-chisel kI cut away enough ot' the boot-leg to form an openingfor the finger for the purpose of drawing on theA boot and to procure the leather A to cover the strap B. I then separate the boot-strap B at the top from the boot-leg far enough to draw the portion A of the boot-leg cut away by the chisel-punch through-up under the metallic strap B, as shown in Fig. 2. Then I put the portion A of the boot-leg thus drawn out from under the strap B back through the hole cutout of the boot-leg, binding it over the metallic strap B, and stitch the end ot' it, A, to the top and inside of the boot-leg, and by so doing securely fasten the top of the metallic strap B and form a pliable and agreeable covering for the strap B. e

The metallic bootstrap forms no part of my invention in this application, and therefore I make no claim to it; but

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An improvement in attaching metallic pullstraps to boots, consisting in securing the lower or free end or ends of the strap to the leg by means of rivets and the upper or loop end by means of the liap cut from the leg to form the finger-hole, substantially as shown and described.

WILLIAM SMITH.

Witnesses:

FRANK B. GANNoN, ROBERT MoALLIsrER. 

